Views: Visits 69 Major-General Bashir Magashi, the Minister of Defence, has commissioned a 21-man committee on the reforms of the Ministry of Defence and the Armed Forces of Nigeria. The Minister who spoke during the inauguration on Monday gave the committee a 10 – point terms of reference as contained in the Convening Order. According to a statement by the media aide to the minister, Mohammed Abdulkadri, Magashi told the committee to address the perceived administrative and operational gaps in the military sector, adding that it must be refined and clearly defined in compliance with the current global acceptable 21st century standards. The statement titled, ‘Minister of Defence inaugurates committee to facilitate the reforms of the ministry of defence and the armed forces of Nigeria’ read: